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PATENTED MAY 14, 1867.

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BENJAMIN; SHAEFER, .OF CASS 001mm; INDIANA.

Letter; Patent No. 64,714, dated JIIay14. 1867. 1'

MODE or MAKING DRAINING-TILE; 7

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. SHAFFER, of Lhe county of Cass,"and;Smtc'of Indiana, new and improved mode of making Underground Draining 'lile; and I afull and exact description thereof, rel eronee beinglwid to, the I thereon. y

do hereby declare that the following is The mature of my invention consisusin a, level" or roller, A. that forms the. hollow offlthe'tile, fi've'feet long, with a. crank on one end, and theother end B fastened in a headpiece-in such n. p allow it to revolvc. The heed-piece C is- :ilso hung on pivots or him wbe raised or lowered at pleasure. This head is fnstoncd to a sufli ositio'n as to ges, so as to turn and nllow the lever or rolle'i" cient table, bench, or stand, E, and the mould with clay, andlhen turned by means of the crank which forms the tile. The 'lever is then raised, the mould drawn back, and the file tlirned out, in a manner somewhat similar to that of mouldingbrick.

What I elniinas my ini ention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The'leverpr r'oller, as substantially described above, for making and forming underground draining-tile, thesaid level or roller working in n, sliding would, or in any other'manner substentiallythe some. i

' BENJAMIN A. SHAFFEB.

Witnesses:

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